Bristol Personal Injury Blog
Inspection reveals emergency patients are ‘at risk’ in A&E department
Posted: 22nd June 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence
According to the information gathered by a health watchdog during an inspection in March, emergency patients at a Worcestershire hospital are ‘at risk’. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection made some worrying findings at Worcestershire Royal’s emergency department, such as equipment being unclean and past its expiry date and no security measures being in place. […]
Read MoreChild wins £250,000 in compensation after accident at school
Posted: 9th June 2015
Posted in: Foot Injuries Public Place Accidents School Accidents
A Leicester pupil has been awarded £250,000 in compensation for their serious injury at school. The case was brought forward following a Freedom of Information request, yet Leicester City Council has refused to provide any information on the case, including who the child was, what school it happened at, and the extent of the injury. […]
Read MoreGrieving husband wins six-figure payout
Posted: 1st June 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
A man has been awarded a six-figure payout after his wife died from a blocked artery following a routine operation. 58-year-old Nicola Tweedy, from Pulham Market, was admitted to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital for routine surgery for varicose veins in March 2014. However, she died shortly after the operation from a blocked artery. A […]
Read MoreWoman in legal dispute with BT after car accident
Posted: 28th May 2015
Posted in: Car Accidents Neck Injuries Road Traffic Accidents Shoulder Injuries
A woman is currently battling BT for personal injury compensation after her car became tangled in cables and pulled down a telegraph pole. 56-year-old Yvonne Battie had been driving home from her sister’s house when the accident happened in December 2012. It was heard that cables from a telegraph pole had snapped and become caught […]
Read MoreCoach owner found guilty following serious injury of young rugby player
Posted: 27th May 2015
Posted in: Arm Injury Bus Accidents Public Transport Road Traffic Accidents
The owner of a coach company has been found guilty of dangerous driving offences after a young boy fell out of a vehicle onto the motorway. The coach had been taking a youth rugby team to a game on 16 May 2014 when one of the passengers, a 13-year-old boy, leaned on a “defective” emergency […]
Read MoreSupport the Bristol Armed Forces Day on June 28 2015
Posted: 25th May 2015
Posted in: Armed Forces Injuries
On Saturday the 27th of June it’s Armed Forces Day in the UK – with a special Bristol event taking place on the 28th. At Personal Injury Bristol we are offering our own support and will be donating to one of the many different events that are happening in and around the UK. We believe […]
Read MorePensioner wins over £80,000 for injuries sustained in bus accident
Posted: 16th May 2015
Posted in: Bus Accidents Public Transport Road Traffic Accidents Spine & Back Injuries
A pensioner has been awarded compensation for her serious injuries after being thrown 15ft down a bus during an accident in Nuneaton. The woman in her 80s, who requests to remain anonymous, received over £80,000 in damages after suffering severe injuries in the accident, including a broken spine and several broken ribs. She had been […]
Read MoreWe Can Now Handle Sports Injury Compensation in Bristol
Posted: 6th May 2015
Posted in: Sporting Injuries
At Personal Injury Bristol we are pleased to announce that we are now able to support people with sporting injury claims for compensation. With new panel solicitors added to our roster of partners, who all have sports personal injury claims experience, it means we can now offer expert accident claims on a variety of sports […]
Read More4 years for dangerous driver who killed schoolgirl and injured several others
Posted: 2nd May 2015
Posted in: Car Accidents Leg Injuries Pedestrian Injuries Road Traffic Accidents School Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death
Robert Blackwell, 19, from Hayway Lane, Bampton, Oxfordshire, has been given a 4-year jail sentence after admitting dangerous driving resulting in the death of schoolgirl, Liberty Baker, 14, on 30 June. Blackwell’s car mounted the pavement, killing Liberty and injuring 2 of her friends as they walked to school in Witney, Oxfordshire. Blackwell admitted causing death […]
Read MoreDerby school for deaf ‘inadequate’
Posted: 2nd May 2015
Posted in: Public Place Accidents School Accidents
Following an inspection carried out by Ofsted last December, the residential Royal School for the Deaf in Derby has been put into special measures. This follows the discovery by inspectors that children were being put at risk of grooming and that pupil safety was not being prioritised. Following December’s inspection, a week long, unannounced inspection […]
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